Fixing my eating habits is finally helping me to use my time more proactively

It's been around four weeks since I started my 30 day food commitment. I believe there are several positive aspects of doing this such us: the value of doing something difficult (it was a difficult thing to do for me since I struggle with eating snacks and eating too much), gaining self-respect and confidence, plus other benefits that research shows come with intermittent fasting.

This note is mostly about one positive side effect which I have only come to realize now. My time is now much more productive, my thoughts and mental energy related to food has gone from and 90% to a 30%, I only think of food just when I'm going to actually eat and it's already part of some different food I have previously selected, so there is not so much to think about and it's food I enjoy very much eating.

My big realization is that: whenever I felt tired, faced with a challenge or even bored, my first reaction was always to look for something to eat. Apparently, it was just an automatic reaction that my mind and body had, and I agreed as eating is a necessary activity as well. The problem with this, is that every time I faced difficulty or boredom, that was my automatic response, which happened docens of times through the day, making my mind fight half of the time as I continued to have that response even after eating!

The great positove secondary effect with this experiment, which I didn't expect, is that I had to change that automatic response whenever I have difficulty or boredom, I can't eat snacks anymore just because of that, then my mind is now skipping that impulse for eating and trying to focus in the next activity I could do which brings me excitement. 

This is a huge realization for me, it might sound simple, but it's great once you actually experience the positive effects. There are so many good things that get done during the day and it feels like there is more time to spend with meaningful relationships. 

If you could have 2 more hours through the day, what activities would you do? 

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